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Definitions

• This invention is directed to proteinase (protease) inhibitors, and more particularly to the use of aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid compounds that, inter alia , are selective inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases in a process for treating conditions associated with pathological matrix metalloproteinase activity, the selective inhibitors themselves, compositions of proteinase inhibitors, intermediates for the syntheses of proteinase inhibitors, and processes for the preparation of , proteinase inhibitors.
• Connective tissue, extracellular matrix constituents and basement membranes are required components of all mammals. These components are the biological materials that provide rigidity, differentiation, attachments and, in some cases, elasticity to biological systems including human beings and other mammals.
• Connective tissues components include, for example, collagen, elastin, proteoglycans, fibronectin and laminin. These biochemicals makeup, or are components of structures, such as skin, bone, teeth, tendon, cartilage, basement membrane, blood vessels, cornea and vitreous humor . Under normal conditions, connective tissue turnover and/or repair processes are controlled and in equilibrium. The loss of this balance for whatever reason leads to a number of disease states. Inhibition of the enzymes responsible loss of equilibrium provides a control mechanism for this tissue decomposition and, therefore, a treatment for these diseases.
• Degradation of connective tissue or connective tissue components is carried out by the action of proteinase enzymes released from resident tissue cells and/or invading inflammatory or tumor cells.
• a major class of enzymes involved in this function are the zinc metalloproteinases (metalloproteases) .
• the metalloprotease enzymes are divided into classes with some members having several different names in common use.
• Examples are: collagenase I (MMP-1, fibroblast collagenase; EC 3.4.24.3); collagenase II (MMP-8, neutrophil collagenase; EC 3.4.24.34), collagenase III (MMP-13), stromelysin 1 (MMP-3; EC 3.4.24.17), stromelysin 2 (MMP-10; EC 3.4.24.22), proteoglycanase, matrilysin (MMP-7), gelatinase A (MMP-2, 72 kDa gelatinase, basement membrane collagenase; EC 3.4.24.24), gelatinase B (MMP-9, 92 kDa gelatinase; EC
• MMP stromelysin 3
• MMP-12 metalloelastase
• MMP-14 membrane MMP
• MMP is an abbreviation or acronym representing the term Matrix Metalloprotease with the attached numerals providing differentiation between specific members of the MMP group.
• MMP is an abbreviation or acronym representing the term Matrix Metalloprotease with the attached numerals providing differentiation between specific members of the MMP group.
• MMP is an abbreviation or acronym representing the term Matrix Metalloprotease with the attached numerals providing differentiation between specific members of the MMP group.
• MMP is an abbreviation or acronym representing the term Matrix Metalloprotease with the attached numerals providing differentiation between specific members of the MMP group.
• MMP is an abbreviation or acronym representing the term Matrix Metalloprotease with the attached numerals providing differentiation between specific members of the MMP group.
• MMP is an abbreviation or acronym representing the term Matrix Metalloprotease with the attached numerals providing
• TNF- ⁇ tumor necrosis factor
• TNF- ⁇ is a cytokine that at present is thought to be produced initially as a 28 kD cell-associated molecule. It is released as an active, 17 kD form that can mediate a large number of deleterious effects in vitro and in vivo .
• TNF can cause and/or contribute to the effects of inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune disease, multiple sclerosis, graft rejection, fibrotic disease, cancer, infectious diseases, malaria, mycobacterial infection, meningitis, fever, psoriasis, cardiovascular/ pulmonary effects such as post-ischemic reperfusion injury, congestive heart failure, hemorrhage, coagulation, hyperoxic alveolar injury, radiation damage and acute phase responses like those seen with infections and sepsis and during shock such as septic shock and hemodynamic shock.
• Chronic release of active TNF can cause cachexia and anorexia.
• TNF can be lethal, and TNF can help control the growth of tumor cells.
• TNF- ⁇ convertase is a metalloprotease involved in the formation of soluble TNF- ⁇ . Inhibition of TNF- ⁇ convertase (TACE) inhibits production of active TNF- ⁇ . Compounds that inhibit both MMPs activity and TNF- ⁇ production have been disclosed in WIPO International Publication Nos. WO 94/24140, WO 94/02466 and WO 97/20824. Compounds that inhibit MMPs such as collagenase, stromelysin and gelatinase have been shown to inhibit the release of TNF (Gearing et al. Nature 376, 555-557 (1994),
• MMPs are involved in other biochemical processes in mammals as well. Included is the control of ovulation, post-partum uterine involution, possibly implantation, cleavage of APP ( ⁇ -Amyloid Precursor Protein) to the amyloid plaque and inactivation of a ⁇ -protease inhibitor ( ⁇ -PI).
• APP ⁇ -Amyloid Precursor Protein
• Inhibition of these metalloproteases permits the control of fertility and the treatment or prevention of Alzheimers Disease.
• increasing and maintaining the levels of an endogenous or administered serine protease inhibitor drug or biochemical such as ⁇ -PI supports the treatment and prevention of diseases such as emphysema, pulmonary diseases, inflammatory diseases and diseases of aging such as loss of skin or organ stretch and resiliency.
• Inhibition of selected MMPs can also be desirable in other instances.
• Treatment of cancer and/or inhibition of metastasis and/or inhibition of angiogenesis are examples of approaches to the treatment of diseases wherein the selective inhibition of stromelysin, gelatinase A or B, or collagenase III appear to be the relatively most important enzyme or enzymes to inhibit especially when compared with collagenase I (MMP-1).
• MMP-1 collagenase I
• a drug that does not inhibit collagenase I can have a superior therapeutic profile.
• Osteoarthritis another prevalent disease wherein it is believed that cartilage degradation of inflamed joints is at least partially caused by MMP-13 released from cells such as stimulated chrondrocytes, may be best treated by administration of drugs one of whose modes of action is inhibition of MMP-13. See, for example, Mitchell et al., J. Clin .
• Inhibitors of metalloproteases are known. Examples include natural biochemicals such as tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs), ⁇ 2 ⁇ macroglobulin and their analogs or derivatives. These endogenous inhibitors are high molecular weight protein molecules that form inactive complexes with metalloproteases. A number of smaller peptide-like compounds that inhibit metalloproteases have been described. Mercaptoamide peptidyl derivatives have shown ACE inhibition in vitro and in vivo . Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) aids in the production of angiotensin II, a potent pressor substance in mammals and inhibition of this enzyme leads to the lowering of blood pressure.
• ACE angiotensin converting enzyme
• Thiol group-containing amide or peptidyl amide-based metalloprotease (MMP) inhibitors are known as is shown in, for example, W095/12389,
• MMP inhibitors One possible problem associated with known MMP inhibitors is that such compounds often exhibit the same or similar inhibitory effects against each of the MMP enzymes.
• the peptidomimetic hydroxamate known as batimastat is reported to exhibit IC50 values of about 1 to about 20 nanomolar
• Marimastat another peptidomimetic hydroxamate was reported to be another broad-spectrum MMP inhibitor with an enzyme inhibitory spectrum very similar to batimastat, except that marimastat exhibited an IC50 value against MMP-3 of 230 nM.
• MMP inhibitors such as batimastat, marimastat and the hydroxamates of WO 98/37877 and WO 98/38163 exhibit a broad spectrum of activity against MMPs, those compounds are not particularly selective in their inhibitory activity. This lack of selectivity may be the cause of the musculoskeletal pain and stiffness observed with their use.
• the disclosure that follows describes a process for treating a host mammal having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity that utilizes a compound that selectively inhibits one or more MMPs, while exhibiting less activity against at least MMP-1.
• the present invention is directed to a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid metalloprotease inhibitor in an effective amount to a host mammal having a condition associated with pathological metalloprotease activity.
• a contemplated molecule inter alia , exhibits excellent inhibitory activity of one or more matrix metalloprotease (MMP) enzymes, such as MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13, while exhibiting substantially less inhibition at least of MMP-1.
• MMP matrix metalloprotease
• a contemplated compound exhibits an IC50 value ratio against one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 or MMP-13 as compared to its IC50 value against MMP-1, e.g., IC 50 MMP-2 :IC 50 MMP-1, that is less than about 1:10, preferably less than about 1:100, and most preferably less than about 1:1000 in the in vitro inhibition assay utilized hereinafter.
• the invention also contemplates particular compounds that selectively inhibit the activity of one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13, while exhibiting substantially less inhibition at least of MMP-1, as well as a composition containing such a MMP inhibitor as active ingredient.
• ком ⁇ онентs such as those of Examples 16, 498, 667, 672 and 684 that selectively inhibit the activity of one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13, while exhibiting substantially less inhibition at least of MMP-7, as well as a composition containing such a MMP inhibitor as active ingredient.
• the invention further contemplates intermediates in the preparation of a contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid molecule and a process for preparing an aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid molecule.
• one embodiment of the present invention is directed to a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid metalloprotease inhibitor that selectively inhibits matrix metalloprotease activity as above in an effective amount to a host mammal having a condition associated with pathological metalloprotease activity.
• the administered enzyme inhibitor corresponds in structure to formula I, below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
• R 1 and R 2 are both hydrido or R 1 and R 2 together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8-membered ring containing one, two or three heteroatoms in the ring that are oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen.
• R3 in formula I is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl radical.
• a contemplated substituent is selected from the group consisting of an aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl, aryloxy, arylthio, aralkoxy, heteroaralkoxy, aralkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, aralkanoylalkyl, arylcarbonylalkyl, aralkylaryl, aryloxyalkylaryl, aralkoxyaryl, arylazoaryl, arylhydrazinoaryl, alkylthioaryl, arylthioalkyl, alkylthioaralkyl, aralkylthioalkyl, an aralkylthioaryl radical, the sulfoxide or sulfone of any of the thio substituents, and a fuse
• the substituent bonded to the aryl or heteroaryl radical of which the R ⁇ radical is comprised itself can be substituted with one or more substituents; i.e., the substituting substituent is optionally substituted.
• the last-named substituent is independently selected from the group consisting of a cyano, perfluoroalkyl, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylthio, haloalkyl, trifluoromethylalkyl, aralkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, hydroxy, halo, alkyl, alkoxy, nitro, thiol, hydroxycarbonyl, aryloxy, arylthio, aralkyl, aryl, arylcarbonylamino, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylthio, heteroaralkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclooxy, hetero
• -Q-A-R-E-Y is a substituent in which Q is a 5- to 7- membered heterocyclic ring containing one or two nitrogen atoms, one of which is bonded the depicted phenyl group, and whose remaining members are defined hereinafter for the substituent G-A-R-E-Y.
• a compound of formula I is a compound of more general formula A, wherein R 3 , R 1 and R 2 are as defined before and R "is defined below.
• the substituent R 20 is (a) -O-R 21 , where R 21 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C j ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl group and a pharmaceutically acceptable cation, (b) -NH-O-R 22 wherein R 22 is a selectively removable protecting group such as a 2-tetrahydropyranyl, benzyl, p- methoxybenzyl (MOZ), carbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy, trisubstituted silyl group or o-nitrophenyl group, peptide synthesis resin and the like, wherein the trisubstituted silyl group is substituted with Ci-C - alkyl, aryl, or ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl or a mixture thereof, (c) -NH-O-R 14 , where R 14 is hydrido, a pharmaceutically acceptable cation
• R 2 * is -NH-O-R 22 , as defined above.
• R 1 and R 2 together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 6-membered ring.
• An R3 radical preferably has a length that is greater than that of a pentyl group [a -(CH2)4CH3 chain] , more preferably greater than about that of a hexyl group [a -(CH2)5CH3 chain], and most preferably greater than an octyl group [a -(CH2)7CH3 chain].
• R3 radical preferably has a length that is less than that of an icosyl group [a -(CH2)i9CH3 chain], and more preferably a length that is less than that of a stearyl group [a -(CH2)i7CH3 chain).
• a preferred R 3 group contains two or more 5- or 6-membered rings.
• a contemplated R 3 group when rotated about an axis drawn through the S ⁇ 2 ⁇ bonded 1-position and the substituent-bonded 4-position of a 6-membered ring or the S ⁇ 2 ⁇ bonded 1-position and substituent-bonded 3- or 4-position of a 5-membered ring, defines a three- dimensional volume whose widest dimension has the width in a direction transverse to that axis to rotation of about one furanyl ring to about two phenyl rings.
• a R 3 radical be a single-ringed aryl or heteroaryl group that is 5- or 6-membered, and is itself substituted at its own 4- position when a 6-membered ring or at its own 3- or 4-position when a 5-membered ring with an optionally substituted substituent selected from the group consisting of one other single-ringed aryl or heteroaryl group, a C3-C14 alkyl group, a N-piperidyl group, a N-piperazyl group, a phenoxy group, a thiophenoxy group, a 4-thiopyridyl group, a phenylazo group and a benzamido group.
• the substituent of the 5- or 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl group can itself be substituted as discussed before.
• a preferred compound for use in a contemplated process has a structure that corresponds to formula II, below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
• R 14 is hydrido, a pharmaceutically acceptable cation or C(W)R 15 where W is 0 or S and
• R!5 i s selected from the group consisting of an C ⁇ -
• one of X, Y and Z is selected from the group consisting of C(0), NR 6 , 0, S, S(O), S(0) 2 and NS(0)2R 7 f and the remaining two of X, Y and Z are
• n is zero and X, Y and Z together constitute a moiety selected from the group consisting of
• R 6 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrido, formyl, sulfonic-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkoxycarbonyl-C j ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl , C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl-C ⁇ -
• R 8 R 9 -aminocarbonyl-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C- ⁇ -Cg- alkoxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl, hydroxycarbonyl- C-L-Cg-alkylcarbonyl, C 1 -Cg-alkylcarbonyl-C 1 -Cg- alkylcarbonyl, C- ⁇ -Cg-alkoxycarbonylcarbonyl, hydroxycarbonylcarbonyl, C j ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonylcarbonyl,
• R 8 R 9 -aminocarbonylcarbonyl, C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkanoyl, aryl-C- ⁇ - Cg-alkyl, aroyl, bis(C 1 -Cg-alkoxy-C 1 -Cg-alkyl)-C 1 -Cg- alkyl, C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-haloalkyl, ⁇ -Cg- perfluoroalkyl, C 1 -Cg-trifluoromethylalkyl, C ⁇ -Cg- perfluoroalkoxy-C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, C3-Cg-cycloalkyl, heteroarycarbonyl, heterocyclocarbonyl, C3-Cg-heterocycloalkyl, C3 ⁇ Cg- heterocycloalkylcarbonyl, aryl, C5-
• R' is selected from the group consisting of a arylalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclo, C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, C 3 -Cg-alkynyl, C 3 -Cg-alkenyl, C j ⁇ -Cg- carboxyalkyl and a C ⁇ -Cg-hydroxyalkyl group;
• R 8 and R 9 and R 1 ⁇ and R 11 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, hydroxy, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkanoyl, aroyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C2- Cg-alkynyl, C -Cg-alkenyl, thiol-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ Cg- alkylthio-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, cycloalky
• R 11 and the carbon to which they are bonded form a carbonyl group, or wherein R 8 and R 9 or R 1 ⁇ and R , or R 8 and R 1 ⁇ together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8-membered carbocyclic ring, or a 5- to 8-membered heterocyclic or heteroaryl ring containing one or two heteroatoms that are nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, with the proviso that only one of
• R 8 and R 9 or R 1 ⁇ and R 11 is hydroxy
• R 12 and R 12 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaralkyl, C 2 -
• Cg-alkyl hydroxycarbonylar-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, aminocarbonyl-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, aryloxy-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryloxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkylthio-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, arylthio-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroarylthio-C 1 -Cg- alkyl, the sulfoxide or sulfone of any said thio substituents, perfluoro-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, trifluoromethyl-
• R "' is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, benzyl, phenyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C2 ⁇ Cg- alkynyl, C2 ⁇ Cg-alkenyl and a C ⁇ -Cg-hydroxyalkyl group;
• G-A-R-E-Y is a substituent that preferably has a length greater than that of a pentyl group, and more preferably has a length greater than that of a hexyl group.
• the substituent G-A-R-E-Y preferably has a length that is less than that of an icosyl group, and is more preferably less than that of a stearyl group.
• G is an aryl or heteroaryl group
• A is selected from the group consisting of
• R 18 is hydrogen C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, or phenyl; or (14) A is absent and G is bonded directly to R; R is a moiety selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl, heterocycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkoxyalkyl, heterocycloalkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, heteroaryloxyalkyl, arylthioalkyl, heteroarylthioalkyl, cycloalkylthioalkyl, and a heterocycloalkylthioalkyl group wherein the aryl or heteroaryl or cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl substituent is (i) unsubstituted or (ii) substituted with one or two radicals selected from the group consisting of a
• E is selected from the group consisting of
• (9) E is absent and R is bonded directly to Y; and the moiety Y is absent or is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, hydroxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, heteroaryloxy, heteroaralkyl, perfluoroalkoxy, perfluoroalkylthio, trifluoromethylalkyl, alkenyl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, trifluoromethyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and a aminoalkyl group, wherein the aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl or heterocycloalkyl group is (i) unsubstituted or (ii) substituted with one or two radicals independently selected from the group consisting of an alkanoyl, halo, nitro, aralkyl, aryl, alkoxy, triflu
• a particularly preferred compound for use in a contemplated process corresponds in structure to formula III, below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
• n , p, X , Z , Y and R 14 are as defined above for formula II , and the R ⁇ radical that is defined below is a sub-set of the previously discussed G-A-R-E-Y substituents .
• R3 is a radical that is comprised of a s ingle-ringed aryl or heteroaryl group that is 5- or 6-membered , and is itself substituted at its own 4-position when a 6-membered ring and at its own 3- or 4-position when a 5-membered ring with a substituent selected from the group consisting of a thiophenoxy, 4-chlorophenoxy, 3-chlorophenoxy, 4- methoxyphenoxy, 3-benzodioxol-5-yloxy, 3,4- di ethylphenoxy, 4-fluorophenoxy, 4- fluorothiophenoxy, phenoxy, 4-trifluoromethoxy- phenoxy, 4-trifluoromethylphenoxy, 4-
• a more particularly preferred compound for use in a contemplated process has a structure that corresponds to formula IV, below, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof:
• R ⁇ is as defined above for formula I, more preferably as defined for formula II (wherein this R ⁇ group is the G-A-R-E-Y substituent), and more preferably still as defined for formula III, and
• Z is selected group the group consisting of 0,
• R 6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrido, benzyl, benzoyl, C3 ⁇ C5-alkynyl, C3-C5-alkenyl, C ⁇ -C3 ⁇ alkoxy-
• Z is as previously defined in formula IV; W and Q are independently oxygen (0), NR 6 or sulfur (S), and R 6 is as defined in formula IV; and q is zero or one such that when q is zero, the trifluoromethyl group is bonded directly to the depicted phenyl ring.
• Further compounds of formula A are also particularly preferred.
• One group of these compounds corresponds in structure to formula B (including formulas B, B-A, B-l, B-1A, B-2, B-2A, B-3 and B-3A) , formula VIC, and more still particularly to formula VIC-1 and formula VIC-2, and formula VIII, below.
• ring structure Q is a substituent of the depicted phenyl ring and can itself be substituted.
• Substituent Q including the depicted nitrogen atom is a heterocylic ring that contains 5- or 7-members, preferably 6-members, and can contain zero or one additional nitrogen atom.
• the substituents of Q such as A-R-E-Y, R-E-Y and E-Y are as defined before, and such a substituent is bonded at the 4-position relative to that depicted nitrogen atom when Q is a 6- or 7-membered ring and at the 3- or 4-position relative to that depicted nitrogen when Q is a 5-membered ring.
• the remaining members of such a Q-beraing substituent e.g., A-R-E-Y
• R 2 ⁇ , X, Y, Z, m, n, and p of the ring system and g are as before described, with Z preferably being 0 or NR 6 .
• the compounds of formulas IX, IX-1, IX-2, X, XI, XI-1, XI-2 and XII, below, are more particularly preferred among the compounds of formula VIC, formula VIC-1, formula VIC-2, and formula VIII.
• Z is as before described, with Z preferably being 0 or NR 6
• substituent Q is a 6-membered ring, as is shown.
• the A moiety of the Q ring substituent -A-R-E-Y e.g.
• -A-R-E-Y are as defined for the substituent group -G-A-R-E-Y.
• a R 20 group is preferably
• g is 2 in formulas B, VIC, VIC-1, VIC-2 and VII.
• the compounds of formulas A, B, and I-VI, VI VIC, VIC-1, VIC-2, VIII, IX, IX-1, IX-2, X, XI, XI-1, XI-2 and XII and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts are contemplated compounds of this invention.
• the present invention also contemplates a precursor or intermediate compound that is useful in preparing a compound of formulas I-X.
• Such an intermediate compound corresponds in structure to formula VI, below:
• m, n, p, X, Z and Y are as defined above for formula II, g is zero, 1 or 2 and R 24 is R ⁇ as defined in formulas I, III or IV, is the substituent G-A-R-E-Y of formula II (formula VIA) or is R J , an aryl or heteroaryl group that is substituted with a coupling substituent reactive for coupling with another moiety (formula VIB), such as a nucleophilically displaceable leaving group, D.
• a coupling substituent reactive for coupling with another moiety such as a nucleophilically displaceable leaving group, D.
• Exemplary nucleophilically displaceable leaving groups, D include a halo (fluoro, chloro, bro o, or iodo) nitro, azido, phenylsulfoxido, aryloxy, C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy, a C ⁇ -Cg-alkylsulfonate or arylsulfonate group and a trisubstituted ammonium group in which the three substituents are independently aryl, ar- C 1 -Cg-alkyl or C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, R 20 is (a) -O-R 21 , where R 21 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl group and a pharmaceutically acceptable cation, (b) -NH-O-R 22 wherein R 22 is a selectively removable protecting group such as a 2- tetrahydropyranyl,
• W is O (oxo) or S (thioxo) and R 25 is selected from the group consisting of an C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, C- ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy, heteroaryl-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C3 ⁇ Cg- cycloalkyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryloxy, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy, ar-
• a particularly preferred precursor intermediate to an intermediate compound of formula VI is an intermediate compound of formula VII
• a benefit of this invention is the provision of a compound and composition effective for selectively inhibiting certain metalloproteinases, such as one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13, associated with pathological conditions such as, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, septic arthritis, corneal, epidermal or gastric ulceration, tumor metastasis, invasion or angiogenesis, periodontal disease, proteinuria, Alzheimer's Disease, coronary thrombosis and bone disease.
• pathological conditions such as, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, septic arthritis, corneal, epidermal or gastric ulceration, tumor metastasis, invasion or angiogenesis, periodontal disease, proteinuria, Alzheimer's Disease, coronary thrombosis and bone disease.
• An advantage of the invention is the provision of compounds, compositions and methods effective for treating such pathological conditions by selective inhibition of a metalloproteinase such as MMP-2, MMP-9 or MMP-13 associated with such conditions with minimal side effects resulting from inhibition of other metalloproteinases, such as MMP- 1, whose activity is necessary or desirable for normal body function.
• a metalloproteinase such as MMP-2, MMP-9 or MMP-13 associated with such conditions with minimal side effects resulting from inhibition of other metalloproteinases, such as MMP- 1, whose activity is necessary or desirable for normal body function.
• Yet another advantage of the invention is the provision of a process for preparing such compounds .
• Another benefit is the provision of a method for treating a pathological condition associated with abnormal matrix metalloproteinase activity.
• a further advantage of the invention is the provision of a process for preparing such compositions .
• certain aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acids are effective for inhibition of matrix metalloproteinases ("MMPs") believed to be associated with uncontrolled or otherwise pathological breakdown of connective tissue.
• MMPs matrix metalloproteinases
• these certain aromatic sulfone hydroxamates are effective for inhibition of one or more enzymes such as MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13, which can be particularly destructive to tissue if present or generated in abnormal quantities or concentrations, and thus exhibit a pathological activity. Included in that pathological activity is the assistance of tumors and tumor cells in the process of penetrating basement membrane, and developing a new or improved blood supply; i.e., angiogenesis.
• aromatic sulfone hydroxamates are selective in the inhibition of one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13 without excessive inhibition of other collagenases essential to normal bodily function such as tissue turnover and repair. More particularly, it has been found that a contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamate of the invention, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is particularly active in inhibiting of one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13 in an in vitro assay that is predictive of in vivo activity. In addition, while being selective for one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13, a contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamate, or its salt, has a limited or minimal in vitro inhibitory effect on MMP- 1.
• a substantial difference in the activity of a compound used in a contemplated process toward one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13 and MMP-1 is assayed using the in vitro inhibition assay discussed in the examples.
• a substantial difference in activity corresponds to a compound exhibiting an IC50 value against one or more of MMP-2, MMP-9 and MMP-13 that is about 0.1 times that of the compound against MMP-
• a contemplated compound can inhibit the activity of MMP-2 compared to MMP-9 or MMP-13 and MMP-1.
• a contemplated compound can inhibit the activity of MMP-13 and MMP-
• a contemplated compound can inhibit the activity of a MMP enzyme, while having less of an effect on tumor necrosis factor release.
• MMP-1 has been suggested to be intimately involved in the destruction of joint components in diseases such as osteoarthritis.
• potent and selective inhibition of MMP-13 compared with inhibition MMP-1 is highly desirable because a MMP-13 inhibitor can have a positive effect on disease progression in a patient in addition to having an anti-inflammatory effect.
• MMP-2 and MMP-9 can be desirable for inhibition of tumor growth, metastasis, invasion and/or angiogenesis.
• a profile of selective inhibition of MMP-2 and MMP-9 relative to MMP-1 can provide a therapeutic advantage.
• Still another advantage of a contemplated compound is the selectivity with respect to tumor necrosis factor release and/or tumor necrosis factor receptor release that provides the physician with another factor to help select the best drug for a particular patient. While not wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that there are several factors to this type of selectivity to be considered.
• the first is that presence of tumor necrosis factor can be desirable for the control of cancer in the organism, so long as TNF is not present in a toxic excess. Thus, uncontrolled inhibition of release of TNF can be counterproductive and actually can be considered an adverse side effect even in cancer patients.
• selectivity with respect to inhibition of the release of the tumor necrosis factor receptor can also be desirable. The presence of that receptor can be desirable for maintaining a controlled tumor necrosis level in the mammal by binding excess TNF.
• a contemplated selective MMP inhibitor compound useful in a contemplated process can be administered to by various routes and provide adequate therapeutic blood levels of enzymatically active inhibitor.
• a compound can be administered, for example, by the oral (IG, PO) or intravenous (IV) routes.
• Oral administration is advantageous if the patient is ambulatory, not hospitalized, physically able and sufficiently responsible to take drug at the required intervals. This is true even if the person is being treated with more than one drug for one or more diseases.
• IV drug administration is an advantage in a hospital setting wherein the dose and thus the blood levels can well controlled.
• a contemplated inhibitor can also be formulated for IM administration if desired. This route of administration can be desirable for the administration of prodrugs or regular drug delivery to patients that are either physically weak or have a poor compliance record or require constant drug blood levels.
• the present invention is directed to a treatment process that comprises administering a contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid metalloprotease inhibitor, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in an effective amount to a host mammal having a condition associated with pathological matrix metalloprotease activity.
• a contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamate inhibitor compound useful in such a process inhibits the activity of one or more of MMP- 2, MMP-9 and MMP-13, and exhibits substantially less inhibitory activity against at least MMP-1 in the in vitro assay noted above and discussed in detail hereinbelow.
• An aromatic sulfone hydroxamate inhibitor compound for use in a contemplated process corresponds in structure to formula I, below:
• R 1 and R 2 are both hydrido.
• R 1 and R 2 together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8-membered ring containing one, two or three heteroatoms in the ring that are oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen. It is preferred that R 1 and R 2 together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a five- to eight-membered ring that contains one or two heteroatoms in the ring, although R 1 and R 2 together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8- ⁇ t ⁇ embered ring containing one, two or three heteroatoms.
• the heterocyclic ring can itself also be substituted with up to six C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl groups or groups that comprise a another 5- to 8-membered carbocyclic or heterocyclic ring, an amino group, or contain one or two oxo (carbonyl) groups.
• R3 in formula I is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl radical. That R3 radical is selected from the group consisting of an aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl, aralkoxy, heteroaralkoxy, aralkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, aralkanoylalkyl, arylcarbonylalkyl, aralkylaryl, aryloxyalkylaryl, aralkoxyaryl, arylazoaryl, arylhydrazinoaryl, alkylthioaryl, arylthioalkyl, alkylthioaralkyl, aralkylthioalkyl, an aralkylthioaryl radical, the sulfoxide or sulfone of any of the thio substituents, and a fused ring structure comprising two or more 5- or 6-membered rings selected from the group consisting of aryl, heteroaryl
• R ⁇ is comprised itself is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents independently selected from the group consisting of a cyano, perfluoroalkyl, trifluoromethylalkyl, hydroxy, halo, alkyl, alkoxy, nitro, thiol, hydroxycarbony1, aryloxy, arylthio, aralkyl, aryl, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylthio, heteroaralkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclooxy, heterocyclothio, heterocycloamino, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylthio, heteroaralkoxy, heteroaralkylthio, aralkoxy, aralkylthio, aralkyla ino, heterocyclo, heteroaryl, arylazo, hydroxycarbonylalkoxy, alkoxycarbonylalkoxy, alkanoyl, arylcarbonyl, aralkanoyl
• the R3 radical has a length that is greater than that of a pentyl group [a -(CH2)4CH3 chain], is more preferably greater than about the length of a hexyl group [a -(CH2)sCH3 chain], and most preferably is greater than about the length of an octyl group [a
• a R ⁇ group has a length that is less than that of an icosyl group [eicosyl; a - (CH2)i9CH3 chain), and more preferably, a length that is less than that of a stearyl group [a -(CH2)i7CH3 chain).
• a contemplated R ⁇ radical defines a three-dimensional volume whose widest dimension has the width of about one furanyl ring to about two phenyl rings in a direction transverse to that axis to rotation.
• a compound of formula I is a compound of more general formula A, wherein R ⁇ , R 1 and R 2 are as defined before and R 2 "is defined below.
• the substituent R 20 is (a) -O-R 21 , where
• R 21 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C 1 -Cg-alkyl group and a pharmaceutically acceptable cation, (b) -NH-O-R 22 wherein R 22 is a selectively removable protecting group such as a 2-tetrahydropyranyl, benzyl, p- methoxybenzyl (MOZ), carbonyl-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy, trisubstituted silyl group or o-nitrophenyl group, peptide synthesis resin and the like, wherein the trisubstituted silyl group is substituted with C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, aryl, or ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl or a mixture thereof,
• R 22 is a selectively removable protecting group such as a 2-tetrahydropyranyl, benzyl, p- methoxybenzyl (MOZ), carbonyl-
• R 14 is hydrido, a pharmaceutically acceptable cation or C(W)R 25 where W is O (oxo) or S (thioxo) and R" is selected from the group consisting of an C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, C ⁇ Cg- alkoxy , heteroaryl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl , C3-Cg-cycloalkyl-C 1 -
• R 1 and R 2 groups that together form a contemplated heterocyclic ring are shown in the Tables that follow hereinafter, as well as in the descriptions of those 5- to 8-membered rings and the specific Examples, as are several contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid compounds.
• R 1 and R 2 of formula E or formula A together with the atom to which they a.re bonded form a 5- to 8-membered ring that contains one, two or three heteroatoms. Most preferably, that ring is a 6-membered ring that contains one heteroatom located at the 4-position relative to the position at which the SO2 group is bonded.
• Other preferred compounds for use in a contemplated process correspond in structure to one or more of formulas II, III, IV or V, which are discussed hereinafter.
• a preferred compound used in a contemplated process has a structure that corresponds to formula II, below:
• R 14 is hydrido, a pharmaceutically acceptable cation or CfWJR 1 - where W is 0 or S and R 15 is selected from the group consisting of an C ⁇ -
• one of X, Y and Z is selected from the group consisting of C(O), NR 6 , 0, S, S(0), S(0) 2 and NS(0) 2 R 7 / and the remaining two of X, Y and Z are
• n is zero and X, Y and Z together constitute a moiety selected from the group consisting of
• R 6 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrido, formyl, sulfonic-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, C 1 -Cg-alkoxycarbonyl-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl-C ⁇ -
• R 8 R 9 -aminocarbonyl-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C 1 -Cg- alkoxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl, hydroxycarbonyl- C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl, C 1 -Cg-alkylcarbonyl-C 1 -Cg- alkylcarbonyl, C 1 -Cg-alkoxycarbonylcarbonyl, hydroxycarbonylcarbonyl, C 1 -Cg-alkylcarbonylcarbonyl,
• R 8 R 9 -aminocarbonylcarbonyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkanoyl, aryl-C ⁇ - Cg-alkyl, aroyl, bis(C 1 -Cg-alkoxy-C 1 -Cg-alkyl)-C 1 -Cg- alkyl, C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-haloalkyl, C 1 -Cg- perfluoroalkyl, C j -Cg-trifluoromethylalkyl, C ⁇ -Cg- perfluoroalkoxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy-C 1 -Cg- alkyl, C3-Cg-cycloalkyl, heteroarycarbonyl, heterocyclocarbonyl, C3-Cg-heterocycloalkyl, C3 ⁇ Cg- heterocycloalkylcarbonyl, aryl, C 5 -Cg-he
• R 7 is selected from the group consisting of a arylalkyl, aryl , heteroaryl , heterocyclo, C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl , C 3 -Cg-alkynyl , C 3 -Cg-alkenyl , C 1 -Cg- carboxyalkyl and a C ⁇ Cg-hydroxyalkyl group ;
• R° and R 9 and R 1 " and R 1 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, hydroxy, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkanoyl, aroyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C2- Cg-alkynyl, C 2 -Cg-alkenyl, thiol-C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C- ⁇ -Cg- alkylthio-Ci-Cg-alkyl,
• R 11 and the carbon to which they are bonded form a carbonyl group, or wherein R° and R 9 or R 1 ⁇ and R 1 , or R° and R 1 ⁇ together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8-membered carbocyclic ring, or a 5- to 8-membered heterocyclic or heteroaryl ring containing one or two heteroatoms that are nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, with the proviso that only one of
• R 8 and R 9 or R 10 and R 11 is hydroxy
• R 12 and R 12 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaralkyl, C2- Cg-alkynyl, C2 ⁇ Cg-alkenyl, thiol-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heterocycloalkyl-
• alkyl amino-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy- C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonyl-C- ⁇ - Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonylar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aminocarbonyl-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryloxy-C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryloxy-C-L-Cg-alkyl, C 1 -Cg-alkylthio-C 1 -Cg- alkyl, arylthio-C-L-Cg-alkyl, heteroarylthio-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, the sulfoxide or sulfone of any said thio substituents, perfluoro-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, trifluoromethyl-
• R 1 ⁇ is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, benzyl, phenyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C2 ⁇ Cg- alkynyl, C 2 -Cg-alkenyl and a C ⁇ -Cg-hydroxyalkyl group;
• G-A-R-E-Y is a substituent that preferably has a length greater than that of a pentyl group, and more preferably has a length greater than that of a hexyl group.
• the substituent G-A-R-E-Y preferably has a length that is less than that of an icosyl group, and is more preferably less than that of a stearyl group.
• G is an aryl or heteroaryl group
• A is selected from the group consisting of
• R 18 is hydrogen C 1 -C 4 -alkyl, or phenyl; or ( 14 ) A is absent and G is bonded directly to R; R is a moiety selected from the group consisting off alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aralkyl, heteroaralkyl, heterocycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkoxyalkyl, heterocycloalkoxyalkyl, aryloxyalkyl, heteroaryloxyalkyl, arylthioalkyl, heteroarylthioalkyl, cycloalkylthioalkyl, and a heterocycloalkylthioalkyl group wherein the aryl or heteroaryl or cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl substituent is (i) unsubstituted or (ii) substituted with one or two radicals selected from the group consisting of
• E is selected from the group consisting of
• (9) E is absent and R is bonded directly to Y; and the moiety Y is absent or is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, heteroaryl, hydroxy, aryloxy, aralkoxy, heteroaryloxy, heteroaralkyl, perfluoroalkoxy, perfluoroalkylthio, trifluoromethylalkyl, alkenyl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkyl, trifluoromethyl, alkoxycarbonyl, and a aminoalkyl group, wherein the aryl, heteroaryl, aralkyl or heterocycloalkyl group is (i) unsubstituted or (ii) substituted with one or two radicals independently selected from the group consisting of an alkanoyl, halo, nitro, aralkyl, aryl, alkoxy, triflu
• the substituent —G-A-R-E-Y preferably contains two to four carbocyclic or heterocyclic rings, including the aryl or heteroaryl group, G. More preferably, each of those rings is 6-membered. Additional separate preferences for a compound of formula II include: (a) that A is -O- or —S-, (b) R is an aryl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl or heterocycloalkyl group, (c) E is absent, and (d) Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrido, an alkyl, alkoxy, perfluoroalkoxy and a perfluoroalkylthio group.
• a more preferred compound for use in a contemplated process has a structure that corresponds to formula III, below:
• R ⁇ is a single-ringed aryl or heteroaryl group that is 5- or 6-membered, and is itself substituted at its own 4-position when a 6-membered ring and at its own 3- or 4-position when a 5-membered ring with a substituent selected from the group consisting of a thiophenoxy, 4-chloro- phenoxy, 3-chlorophenoxy, 4-methoxyphenoxy, 3- benzodioxol-5-yloxy, 3,4-dimethylphenoxy, 4-fluorophenoxy, 4-fluorothiophenoxy, phenoxy, 4-trifluoro- methoxyphenoxy, 4-trifluoromethylphenoxy, 4-
• R 14 is hydrido, a pharmaceutically acceptable cation or CfWJR 1 ⁇ where W is 0 or S and R 15 is selected from the group consisting of an C ⁇ - Cg-alkyl, aryl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy, heteroaryl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C3-Cg-cycloalkyl-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, aryloxy, ar-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg- alkoxy, ar-C ⁇ Cg-alky!, heteroaryl and amino C -C - alkyl group wherein the aminoalkyl nitrogen is (i) unsubstituted or (ii) substituted with
• one of X, Y and Z is selected from the group consisting of C(O), NR 6 , 0, S, S(0), S(0) 2 and
• n is zero and X, Y and Z together constitute a moiety selected from the group consisting of
• R 6 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrido, formyl, sulfonic-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxycarbonyl-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonyl-C j ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C 1 -Cg-alkylcarb ⁇ nyl-C 1 - Cg-alkyl, R 8 R 9 -aminocarbonyl-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ ⁇ -C - alkoxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl, hydroxycarbonyl- C -Cg-alkylcarbonyl , C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl-C j ⁇ -Cg- alkylcarbonyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxycarbonylcarbonyl, hydroxycarbonylcarbonyl, C ⁇ Cg-alkylcarbonylcarbon
• R 7 is selected from the group consisting of a arylalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclo, C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, C 3 -Cg-alkynyl, C 3 -Cg-alkenyl, C 1 -Cg- carboxyalkyl and a C ⁇ -Cg-hydroxyalkyl group;
• R 8 and R 9 and R 10 and R 11 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, hydroxy, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkanoyl, aroyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C2-
• Cg-alkynyl C 2 -Cg-alkenyl, thiol-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C 1 -Cg- alkylthio-C j -Cg-alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, heterocycloalkyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy-C ] ⁇ - Cg-alkyl, aralkoxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C j ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy-C ⁇ -Cg- alkoxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl , hydroxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonylar-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, aminocarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryloxy-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl,
• R 11 and the carbon to which they are bonded form a carbonyl group, or wherein R 8 and R 9 or R 1 " and R 11 , or R 8 and R 1 " together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8-membered carbocyclic ring, or a 5- to 8-membered heterocyclic or heteroaryl ring containing one or two heteroatoms that are nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, with the proviso that only one of
• R 8 and R 9 or R 1 ⁇ and R 11 is hydroxy
• R 12 and R 12 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaralkyl, C 2 - Cg-alkynyl, C -Cg-alkenyl, thiol-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heterocycloalkyl-
• R 1 ⁇ is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, benzyl, phenyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C2 ⁇ Cg- alkynyl, C 2 -Cg-alkenyl and a C ⁇ -Cg-hydroxyalkyl group.
• a compound of formula III as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt is also contemplated.
• Another preference for a compound of both of formulas II and III is that
• R 14 be hydrido, or that W of the C(W)R 15 pro-drug form be 0 and R 15 be a C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, C- ⁇ -Cg- alkoxy, heteroaryl-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C3-Cg-cycloalkyl-C 1 - Cg-alkyl, or aryloxy group.
• R ⁇ is as defined above as to formulas I, III and more preferably as defined as to formula II (wherein the R ⁇ radical is the substituent G-A-R-E-
• R ⁇ is as defined in formula III.
• Z is selected group the group consisting of 0,
• R 6 is selected from the group consisting of hydrido, C ⁇ -C ⁇ -alkyl, C 1 -C5 ⁇ alkanoyl, benzyl, benzoyl, C3-C5 ⁇ alkynyl, C3-C 5 -alkenyl, C ⁇ -C3 ⁇ alkoxy-
• C 1 -C4-alkyl C3-Cg-cycloalkyl, heteroaryl-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, C 1 -C 5 -hydroxyalkyl, C 1 -C 5 -carboxyalkyl, alkoxy C 1 -C 5 -alkylcarbonyl, and NR 8 R 9 -C 1 -C 5 - alkylcarbonyl or NR 8 R 9 -C 1 -C 5 -alkyl wherein R 8 and R 9 are independently hydrido, C ⁇ -C5-alkyl, C ⁇ -C ⁇ - alkoxycarbonyl or aryl-C 1 -C 5 -alkoxycarbonyl, or NR R 9 together form a heterocyclic ring containing 5- to 8- atoms in the ring; and
• R 7 is selected from the group consisting of an arylalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclo, C Q ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, C 3 -Cg-alkynyl, C 3 -Cg-alkenyl, C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg- carboxyalkyl and a C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-hydroxyalkyl group.
• Z is 0 or NR 6 .
• a compound of formula IV as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt is contemplated.
• a still more preferred group of contemplated compounds for use in a contemplated process correspond in structure to formula V, below;
• W and Q are independently oxygen (0), NR 6 or sulfur (S), and R 6 is as defined in formula IV; and q is zero or one such that when q is zero, Q is absent and the trifluoromethyl group is bonded directly to the depicted phenyl ring.
• R 6 is as defined in formula IV; and q is zero or one such that when q is zero, Q is absent and the trifluoromethyl group is bonded directly to the depicted phenyl ring.
• a compound of formula IV as a pharmaceutically acceptable salt is contemplated.
• ring structure Q including the depicted nitrogen atom is a heterocylic ring that contains 5- or 7-members, preferably 6-members, and can contain zero or one nitrogen atom in addition to that depicted.
• the members of substituent -A-R-E-Y (or -R-E-Y or -E-Y) are as defined elsewhere in the definition of the members of the substituent -G-A-R- E-Y.
• substituent -A-R-E-Y (or substituent -R-E-Y or -E-Y) is bonded at the 4- position relative to that depicted nitrogen atom when Q is a 6- or 7-membered ring and at the 3- or 4- position relative to that depicted nitrogen when Q is a 5-membered ring.
• Still fruther, R 2 ⁇ , x, Y, z, m, n, and p of the ring system and g are as before described.
• an S ⁇ 2 ⁇ linked R3 radical is an aryl or heteroaryl group that is a 5- or 6-membered single-ring that is itself substituted with one other single-ringed aryl or heteroaryl group or, with an alkyl or alkoxy group having a chain length of 3 to about 16 carbon atoms (and more preferably a length of up to about 14 carbon atoms), a phenoxy group, a thiophenoxy [CgH5 ⁇ S-] group, a phenylazo [ 6H5-N2-] group, a N-piperidyl [C5H10N-] group, a N-piperazyl [NC4H9N-] group or a benzamido [-NHC(0)CgH5] group.
• the S ⁇ 2 ⁇ linked single-ringed aryl or heteroaryl R3 group here is substitute
• the SO2-linked aryl or heteroaryl group of a R3 radical is preferably itself substituted at the 4-position when a 6-membered ring or the 3- or 4- position when a 5-membered ring.
• a particularly preferred substituent is a single-ringed aryl or heteroaryl, phenoxy, thiophenoxy, phenylazo, N- piperidyl, N-piperazyl or benzamido group that is unsubstituted or can itself be substituted.
• the 4- and 3-positions of rings discussed here are numbered from the sites of substituent bonding as compared to formalized ring numbering positions used in heteroaryl nomenclature, as is discussed further hereinbelow.
• single atoms such as halogen moieties (fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo) or substituents that contain one to a chain length of about five atoms other than hydrogen such as phenyl, C1-C4 alkyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, trifluorothiomethyl or carboxyethyl groups are preferred, although longer substituents can be accommodated up to a total length of an icosyl group.
• halogen moieties fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo
• substituents that contain one to a chain length of about five atoms other than hydrogen such as phenyl, C1-C4 alkyl, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, trifluorothiomethyl or carboxyethyl groups are preferred, although longer substituents can be accommodated up to a total length of an icosyl group.
• Exemplary particularly preferred substituted S ⁇ 2 ⁇ linked R ⁇ radicals include
• S ⁇ 2- ⁇ nked aryl or heteroaryl group is the position at which the S ⁇ 2 ⁇ group is bonded to the ring.
• the 4- and 3-positions of rings discussed here are numbered from the sites of substituent bonding from the SO2- linkage as compared to formalized ring numbering positions used in heteroaryl nomenclature.
• an R ⁇ radical including its own substituent When examined along its longest chain of atoms, an R ⁇ radical including its own substituent has a total length that is greater than a saturated chain of five carbon atoms (a pentyl group), and preferably has a length greater than that of a saturated chain of six carbon atoms (a hexyl group); i.e., a length of about a heptyl chain or longer.
• R3 radical also has a length that is less than that of a saturated chain of about 20 carbon atoms [an icosyl group (icosyl was formerly spelled eicosyl)] and more preferably about 18 carbon atoms (a stearyl group). Most preferably, the length of R ⁇ is about that of an 8 to about 12 carbon atom chain, even though many more atoms may be present in ring structures or substituents. This length requirement is discussed further below.
• an R3 radical (group or moiety) has a length that is greater than that of a pentyl group. Such an R3 radical also has a length that is less than that of an icosyl (didecyl) group. That is to say that R ⁇ is a radical having a minimal length longer that a saturated five carbon chain, and preferably greater than a hexyl group, but is shorter than the length of a saturated twenty carbon atom chain, and preferably shorter than an eighteen carbon chain. Most preferably, R ⁇ has a length greater than that of an octyl group and less than that of a lauryl group.
• an R ⁇ group has a minimal length of a hexyl group only when that substituent is comprised of two rings that can be fused or simply covalently linked together by exocyclic bonding.
• R3 does not contain two linked or fused rings, e.g., where a R ⁇ radical includes an alkyl or second, third or fourth ring substituent, R ⁇ has a length that is greater than that of a hexyl group.
• Exemplary of such two ring R3 groups are a 2-naphthyl group or a 2-quinolinyl group (each with a six carbon chain length)and 8-purinyl (with a five carbon atom chain length).
• the radical chain lengths are measured along the longest linear atom chain in the radical, following the skeletal atoms around a ring where necessary.
• Each atom in the chain e.g. carbon, oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen, is presumed to be carbon for ease in calculation.
• Such lengths can be readily determined by using published bond angles, bond lengths and atomic radii, as needed, to draw and measure a desired, usually staggered, chain, or by building models using commercially available kits whose bond angles, lengths and atomic radii are in accord with accepted, published values.
• Radical (substituent) lengths can also be determined somewhat less exactly by assuming that all atoms have bond lengths saturated carbon, that unsaturated bonds have the same lengths as saturated bonds and that bond angles for unsaturated bonds are the same as those for saturated bonds, although the above-mentioned modes of measurement are preferred.
• a phenyl or pyridyl group has a length of a four carbon chain, as does a propoxy group
• a biphenyl group has a length of about an eight carbon chain using such a measurement mode.
• a R ⁇ group when rotated about an axis drawn through the SO2-bonded 1-position and the 4-position of a 6-membered ring or the S ⁇ 2 ⁇ bonded position and substituent-bonded 3- or 4-position of a 5-membered ring defines a three-dimensional volume whose widest dimension has the width of about one furanyl ring to about two phenyl rings in a direction transverse to that axis to rotation.
• a 2-naphthyl substituent or an 8- purinyl substituent is an appropriately sized R ⁇ group when examined using the above rotational width criterion as well as the before-discussed criterion.
• a 1-naphthyl group or a 7- or 9- purinyl group is too wide upon rotation and is excluded from being an R ⁇ group.
• R ⁇ radicals such as 4- (phenyl)phenyl [biphenyl ] , 4- ( 4 ' -methoxypheny1 )-phenyl, 4- (phenoxy)phenyl, 4- (thiophenyl)phenyl [4- (phenylthio)phenyl ] , 4-(azophenyl)phenyl, 4-[(4'- trifluoromethylthio)phenoxy]phenyl, 4-[ (4'- trifluoromethylthio)thiophenyl]phenyl, 4-[ (4 ' - trifluoromethyl)phenoxy]phenyl, 4-[ (4 ' - trifluoromethyl)thiophenyl]phenyl, 4-[ (4 '- trifluororomethoxy)phenoxy]phenyl, 4-[(4'- trifluoromethoxy) hiophenyl]phenyl, 4-[ ( ' -phenyl )N- piperidyl]pheny
• substituents can themselves also be substituted in the second ring from the SO2 group at the meta- or para-position or both with a single atom or a substituent containing a longest chain length that is preferably of up to five atoms, excluding hydrogen.
• the length of a R ⁇ radical substituent bonded to the SO2 group is believed to play a role in the overall activity of a contemplated inhibitor compound against
• MMP enzymes generally.
• the length of the R ⁇ radical group also appears to play a role in the selective activity of an inhibitor compound against particular MMP enzymes.
• R ⁇ is a PhR 2 ⁇ group, wherein Ph is phenyl.
• the phenyl ring (Ph) of a PhR 2 ⁇ group is substituted at its para- position (4-position) by an R ⁇ group that can be another single-ringed aryl or heteroaryl group, a piperidyl group, a piperazinyl group, a phenoxy group, a thiophenoxy [CgH5 ⁇ S-] group, a phenylazo
• an R ⁇ substituent is phenoxy and is itself substituted at its own para-position with a moiety that is selected from the group consisting of a halogen, a C1-C4 alkoxy group, a C1-C4 alkyl group, a dimethylamino group, a carboxyl C1-C3 alkylene group, a C1-C4 alkoxy carbonyl C1-C3 alkylene group, a trifluoromethylthio group, a trifluoromethoxy group, a trifluoromethyl group and a carboxamido C1-C3 alkylene group, or is substituted at the meta- and para-positions by a methylenedioxy group. It is to be understood that any R 2 ⁇ substituent can be substituted with a moiety from the above list. Such substitution at the para-position is preferred.
• the present invention also contemplates a compound that corresponds in structure to formula VI, below, that is useful in preparing a compound, of formulas I-V, as well as as an active MMP-inhibiting compound and as a pro-drug form of an inhibitor.
• R 20 is (a) -O-R 21 , where R 21 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl group and a pharmaceutically acceptable cation, (b) -NH-O-R 22 wherein R 22 is a selectively removable protecting group such as a 2- tetrahydropyranyl, benzyl, p-methoxybenzyl (MOZ), carbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy, trisubstituted silyl group or o-nitrophenyl group, peptide synthesis resin and the like, wherein the trisubstituted silyl group is substituted with C -Cg-alkyl, aryl, or ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl or a mixture thereof, (c) -NH-O-R 14 , where R 14 is hydrido,
• R 25 is selected from the group consisting of an C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, C ⁇ Cg-alkoxy, heteroaryl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C3 ⁇ Cg- cycloalkyl-C- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryloxy, ar-C 1 -Cg-alkoxy, ar-
• one of X, Y and Z is selected from the group consisting of C(O), NR 6 , 0, S, S(O), S(0) and
• NR 6 C(0) Of NR 6 C(0), NR 6 S(0), NR 6 S(0) 2 , NR 6 S, NR 6 0, SS, NR 6 NR 6 and OC(O), with the remaining one of X, Y and Z being
• n is zero and X, Y and Z together constitute a moiety selected from the group consisting of
• R 6 and R 6 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrido, formyl, sulfonic-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl , C 1 -Cg-alkoxycarbonyl-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl-C ] ⁇ - Cg-alkyl, R 8 R 9 -aminocarbonyl-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ Cg- alkoxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl , hydroxycarbonyl- C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl , C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg- alkylcarbonyl, C ⁇ Cg-alkoxycarbonylcarbonyl, hydroxycarbonylcarbonyl , C ⁇ -Cg-alkylcarbonylcarbonyl, R°R 9 -amino
• R 7 is selected from the group consisting of a arylalkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, heterocyclo, C 1 -Cg- alkyl, C 3 -Cg-alkynyl, C 3 -Cg-alkenyl, C ⁇ -Cg- carboxyalkyl and a C- ⁇ -Cg-hydroxyalkyl group;
• R 8 and R 9 and R 10 and R 11 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, hydroxy, C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkanoyl, aroyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C 2 -
• Cg-alkynyl C 2 -Cg-alkenyl, thiol-C 1 -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ Cg- alkylthio-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, heterocycloalkyl-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy-C ⁇ - Cg-alkyl, aralkoxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy-C ⁇ -Cg- alkoxy- ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxy-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, hydroxycarbonylar-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, aminocarbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryloxy-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl, heteroaryloxy-C ⁇ -Cg-al
• R 1 and the carbon to which they are bonded form a carbonyl group, or wherein R 8 and R 9 or R 10 and R 11 , or R 8 and R 1 " together with the atoms to which they are bonded form a 5- to 8-membered carbocyclic ring, or a 5- to 8-membered heterocyclic or heteroaryl ring containing one or two heteroatoms that are nitrogen, oxygen, or sulfur, with the proviso that only one of
• R 8 and R 9 or R 10 and R 11 is hydroxy
• R 12 and R 12 are independently selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaralkyl, C2- Cg-alkynyl, C 2 -C 6 -alkenyl, thiol-C ⁇ ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, heterocycloalkyl-
• R 1 - is selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, benzyl, phenyl, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, C2 ⁇ Cg- alkynyl, C 2 -Cg-alkenyl and a C ⁇ -Cg-hydroxyalkyl group;
• R 24 is R- as defined in formulas I, III, IV or is the substituent G-A-R-E-Y of formula II (formula VIA).
• R 24 is R ⁇ , an aryl or heteroaryl group that is substituted with a coupling substituent reactive for coupling with another moiety (formula VIB), such as a nucleophilically displaceable leaving group, D.
• Exemplary nucleophilically displaceable leaving groups, D include a halo (fluoro, chloro, bromo, or iodo) nitro, azido, phenylsulfoxido, aryloxy, C ⁇ -Cg- alkoxy, a C ⁇ -Cg-alkylsulfonate or arylsulfonate group and a trisubstituted ammonium group in which the three substituents are independently aryl, ar- C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl or C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl.
• Additional coupling substituents include, without limitation, a hydroxyl group and an amino group that can be coupled with carbonyl-containing moieties to form esters, urethanes, carbonates, amides and ureas.
• a carboxyl coupling substituent can be used to form an ester, thioester or amide.
• a coupling substituent is useful in converting a coupling substituent-containing aryl or heteroaryl group into a substituent such as a G-A-R-E-Y substituent discussed hereinabove by the formation of a covalent bond.
• a compound of formula VI can be coupled with another moiety at the R° coupling substituent to form a compound whose newly formed R ⁇ group is that of formulas I, III, IV or -G-A-R-E-Y.
• Exemplary of such couplings are the nucleophilic displacement to form ethers and thioethers, as well as the formation of ester, amide, urea, carbonate, urethane and the like linkages .
• R 21 being selected from the group consisting of a hydrido, C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -Cg- alkyl group and a pharmaceutically acceptable cation
• a precursor carboxylic acid or ester compound is defined that can be readily transformed into a hydroxamic acid, as is illustrated in several examples hereinafter.
• R 20 group is -NH-O-R 22
• R 22 is a selectively removable protecting group such as a 2-tetrahydropyranyl, benzyl, p-methoxybenzyl (MOZ), carbonyl-C ⁇ -Cg-alkoxy, trisubstituted silyl group, an o-nitrophenyl group, or a peptide synthesis resin and the like
• a synthetic intermediate is typically defined.
• a trisubstituted silyl group is substituted with C ⁇ -Cg-alkyl, aryl, ar-C ⁇ -
• Cg-alkyl or a mixture thereof, such as a trimethylsilyl, dimethylisopropylsilyl, triethylsilyl, triphenylsilyl, t-butyldiphenylsilyl, diphenylmethylsilyl, a tribenzylsilyl group, and the like.
• exemplary trisubstituted silyl protecting groups and their uses are discussed at several places in Greene et al., Protective Groups In Organic
• a contemplated peptide synthesis resin is solid phase support also known as a so-called Merrifield' s Peptide Resin that is adapted for synthesis and selective release of hydroxamic acid derivatives as is commercially available from Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis , MO.
• An exemplary peptide synthesis resin so adapted and its use in the synthesis of hydroxamic acid derivatives is discussed in Floyd et al., Tetrahedron Let . , 37(44) :8048- 8048(1996).
• a 2-tetrahydropyranyl (THP) protecting group is a particularly preferred selectively removable protecting group.
• a contemplated THP- protected hydroxamate compound of formula VII can be prepared by reacting the carboxylic acid precursor compound of formula VII [where R 20 is -O-R 21 and R 21 is a hydrido group] in water with 0-(tetrahydro-2H- pyran-2-yl)hydroxylamine in the presence of N- methylmorpholine, N-hydroxybenzotriazole hydrate and a water-soluble carbodiimide such as l-(3- dimethylaminopropyl ) -3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride.
• THP protecting group is readily removable in an aqueous acid solution such as an aqueous mixture of p-toluenesulfonic acid or HCl and acetonitrile or methanol.
• aqueous acid solution such as an aqueous mixture of p-toluenesulfonic acid or HCl and acetonitrile or methanol.
• An illustrative THP- protected compound corresponds in structure to formula VIIB, below, wherein m, n, p, g, X, Z, Y, and D are as defined previously.
• R 20 is -NR 26 R 27 , and R 26 and R 27 are as defined before, an amide compound is defined that can be used as a precursor intermediate and surprisingly as a MMP inhibitor compound.
• R 26 and R 27 are as defined before, an amide compound is defined that can be used as a precursor intermediate and surprisingly as a MMP inhibitor compound.
• R 27 are both preferably hydrido.
• R 2 ⁇ group is -NH-O-R 14
• R 14 is hydrido, or a pharmaceutically acceptable cation
• an active hydroxamic acid or hydroxamate is defined.
• a pro-drug form of the hydroxamic acid is defined that can form a hydroxamic acid or hydroxamate form of the inhibitor in situ.
• a particularly preferred precursor intermediate to an intermediate compound of formula VI is an intermediate compound of formula VII, below
• g is used to show the oxidation state of the sulfur atom.
• the sulfur is unoxidized, and the compound depicted is typically the sulfide reaction product of a sulfur-containing synthon as is illustrated in the examples hereinafter.
• g is 1, the sulfur is oxidized to a sulfoxide, whereas when g is 2, the sulfur is oxidized to a sulfone as is also illustrated hereinafter.
• a compound of formulas VI or VII wherein g is zero or 1 as itself typically an intermediate in the formation of a similar compound wherein g is 2 and the intermediate is a preferred sulfone.
• a preferred intermediate corresponds in structure to formula VIIA, below, wherein R 20 , X, Y, Z, m, n, p and D are as defined previously.
• molecular descriptors can be combined to produce words or phrases that describe structural groups or are combined to describe structural groups .
• Such descriptors are used in this document.
• Common illustrative examples include such terms as aralkyl (or arylalkyl), heteroaralkyl, heterocycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl, aralkoxyalkoxycarbonyl and the like.
• a structural group can have more than one descriptive word or phrase in the art, for example, heteroaryloxyalkylcarbonyl can also be termed heteroaryloxyalkanoyl.
• heteroaryloxyalkylcarbonyl can also be termed heteroaryloxyalkanoyl.
• alkyl means a straight-chain or branched-chain alkyl radical containing 1 to about 12 carbon atoms, preferably 1 to about 10 carbon atoms, and more preferably 1 to about 6 carbon atoms.
• examples of such radicals include methyl, ethyl, n- propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl, pentyl, iso-amyl, hexyl, octyl and the like.
• alkenyl alone or in combination, means a straight-chain or branched-chain hydrocarbon radical having one or more double bonds and containing 2 to about 12 carbon atoms preferably 2 to about 10 carbon atoms, and more preferably, 2 to about 6 carbon atoms .
• suitable alkenyl radicals include ethenyl (vinyl), 2-propenyl, 3- propenyl, 1,4-pentadienyl, 1,4-butadienyl, 1-butenyl, 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, decenyl and the like.
• alkynyl alone or in combination, means a straight-chain hydrocarbon radical having one or more triple bonds and containing 2 to about 12 carbon atoms, preferably 2 to about 10 carbon atoms, and more preferably, 2 to about 6 carbon atoms.
• alkynyl radicals include ethynyl, 2-propynyl, 3-propynyl, decynyl, 1- butynyl, 2-butynyl, 3-butynyl, and the like.
• carbonyl is also intended to encompass a hydrated carbonyl group —C(OH)2 ⁇ .
• thiol or "sulfhydryl” , alone or in combination, means a -SH group.
• thio or thia
• thia alone or in combination, means a thiaether group; i.e., an ether group wherein the ether oxygen is replaced by a sulfur atom.
• amino alone or in combination, means an amine or -NH2 group whereas the term mono- substituted amino, alone or in combination, means a substituted amine -N(H) (substituent ) group wherein one hydrogen atom is replaced with a substituent, and disubstituted amine means a -N( substituent) 2 wherein two hydrogen atoms of the amino group are replaced with independently selected substituent groups .
• Amines, amino groups and amides are compounds that can be designated as primary (1°), secondary (11°) or tertiary (111°) or unsubstituted, mono-substituted or N,N-disubstituted depending on the degree of substitution of the amino nitrogen.
• Quaternary amine (ammonium) (IV° ) means a nitrogen with four substituents [-N + ( substituent) ] that is positively charged and accompanied by a counter ion, whereas N-oxide means one substituent is oxygen and the group is represented as [-N + ( substituent) -O-]; i.e., the charges are internally compensated.
• cyano alone or in combination, means a -C-triple bond-N (-C ⁇ N) group.
• azido alone or in combination, means a -N-triple bond-N (-N ⁇ N) group.
• hydroxyl alone or in combination, means a -OH group.
• nitro alone or in combination, means a -N ⁇ 2 group.
• hydrazino alone or in combination, means a -NH-NH- group wherein the depicted remaining two bonds (valences) can be independently substituted.
• the hydrogen atoms of the hydrazino group can be replaced, independently, with substituents and the nitrogen atoms can form acid addition salts or be quaternized.
• sulfonyl alone or in combination, means a -SO2- group wherein the depicted remaining two bonds (valences) can be independently substituted.
• sulfoxido alone or in combination, means a -SO- group wherein the remaining two bonds (valences) can be independently substituted.
• sulfone alone or in combination, means a -SO - group wherein the depicted remaining two bonds (valences) can be independently substituted.
• sulfide alone or in combination, means a -S- group wherein the remaining two bonds (valences) can be independently substituted.
• alkoxy alone or in combination, means an alkyl ether radical wherein the term alkyl is as defined above.
• suitable alkyl ether radicals include methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, isopropoxy, n-butoxy, iso-butoxy, sec-butoxy, tert- butoxy and the like.
• cycloalkyl alone or in combination, means a cyclic alkyl radical that contains 3 to about 8 carbon atoms .
• cycloalkylalkyl means an alkyl radical as defined above that is substituted by a cycloalkyl radical containing 3 to about 8, preferably 3 to about 6, carbon atoms. Examples of such cycloalkyl radicals include cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl and the like.
• a heterocyclic (heterocyclo) or heterocyclo portion of a heterocyclocarbonyl, heterocyclooxy- carbonyl, heterocycloalkoxycarbonyl, or heterocycloalkyl group or the like is a saturated or partially unsaturated monocyclic, bicyclic or tricyclic heterocycle that contains one or more hetero atoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur.
• Heterocyclo compounds include benzofused heterocyclic compounds such as benzo-l,4-dioxane.
• aryl alone or in combination, means a 5- or 6-membered carbocyclic aromatic ring- containing moiety or a fused ring system containing two or three rings that have all carbon atoms in the ring; i.e., a carbocyclic aryl radical.
• exemplary carbocyclic aryl radicals include phenyl, indenyl and naphthyl radicals .
• heteroaryl alone or in combination means a 5- or 6-membered aromatic ring- containing moiety or a fused ring system (radical) containing two or three rings that have carbon atoms and also one or more heteroatoms in the ring(s) such as sulfur, oxygen and nitrogen.
• heterocyclic or heteroaryl groups examples include pyrrolidinyl, piperidyl, piperazinyl, morpholinyl, thiamorpholinyl, pyrrolyl, imidazolyl (e.g., imidazol-4-yl, l-benzyloxycarbonylimidazol-4-yl, and the like), pyrazolyl, pyridyl, pyrazinyl, pyrimidinyl, furyl, tetrahydrofuryl, thienyl, triazolyl, tetrazolyl, oxazolyl, oxadiazoyl, thiazolyl, thiadiazoyl, indolyl (e.g., 2-indolyl, and the like), quinolinyl, (e.g., 2-quinolinyl, 3-quinolinyl, l-oxido-2-quinolinyl, and the like), isoquinolinyl (
• aryl or heteroaryl radical When an aryl or heteroaryl radical is a substituting moiety (group, substituent, or radical), it can itself substituted, the last-named substituent is independently selected from the group consisting of a cyano, perfluoroalkyl, trifluoromethoxy, trifluoromethylthio, haloalkyl, trifluoromethylalkyl, aralkoxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, hydroxy, halo, alkyl, alkoxy, nitro, thiol, hydroxycarbonyl , aryloxy, arylthio, aralkyl, aryl, arylcarbonylamino, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylthio, heteroaralkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocyclooxy, heterocyclothio, heterocycloamino, cycloalkyloxy, cycloalkylthio, heteroaralkoxy, heteroaralkylthio, aral
• aralkoxycarbonyl alone or in combination, means a radical of the formula aralkyl- O-C(O)- in which the term “aralkyl” has the significance given above.
• An example of an aralkoxycarbonyl radical is benzyloxycarbonyl.
• aryloxy means a radical of the formula aryl-O- in which the term aryl has the significance given above.
• the phenoxy radical is an exemplary aryloxy radical.
• heteroarylkyl and “heteroaryloxy” mean radicals structurally similar to aralkyl and aryloxy that are formed from heteroaryl radicals.
• exemplary radicals include 4-picolinyl and 2-pyrimidinoxy, respectively.
• alkanoyl or “alkylcarbonyl”, alone or in combination, means an acyl radical derived from an alkanecarboxylic acid, examples of which include formyl, acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, valeryl, 4-methylvaleryl, and the like.
• cycloalkylcarbonyl means an acyl group derived from a monocyclic or bridged cycloalkanecarboxylic acid such as cyclopropanecarbonyl, cyclohexanecarbonyl, adamantanecarbonyl, and the like, or from a benz- fused monocyclic cycloalkanecarboxylic acid that is optionally substituted by, for example, alkanoylamino, such as 1,2, 3, 4-tetrahydro-2- naphthoyl, 2-acetamido-l , 2,3, 4-tetrahydro-2- naphthoyl .
• aralkanoyl or “aralkylcarbonyl” mean an acyl radical derived from an aryl-substituted alkanecarboxylic acid such as phenylacetyl,
• radicals include aromatic carboxylic acids, an optionally substituted benzoic or naphthoic acid such as benzoyl, 4-chlorobenzoyl, 4-carboxybenzoyl, 4-(benzyloxycarbonyl)benzoyl, 1-naphthoyl, 2-naphthoyl, 6-carboxy-2 naphthoyl, 6- (benzyloxycarbonyl)-2-naphthoyl, 3-benzyloxy- 2-naphthoyl, 3-hydroxy-2-naphthoyl, 3- (benzyloxyformamido) -2-naphthoyl, and the like.
• benzoyl 4-chlorobenzoyl
• 4-carboxybenzoyl 4-(benzyloxycarbonyl)benzoyl, 1-naphthoyl, 2-naphthoyl, 6-carboxy-2 naphthoyl, 6- (benzyloxycarbonyl)
• cycloalkylalkoxycarbonyl means an acyl group of the formula cycloalkylalkyl-O-CO- wherein cycloalkylalkyl has the significance given above.
• aryloxyalkanoyl means an acyl radical of the formula aryl-O-alkanoyl wherein aryl and alkanoyl have the significance given above.
• heterocyclooxycarbonyl means an acyl group having the formula heterocyclo-O-CO- wherein heterocyclo is as defined above.
• heterocycloalkanoyl is an acyl radical of the formula heterocyclo-substituted alkane carboxylic acid wherein heterocyclo has the significance given above.
• heterocycloalkoxycarbonyl means an acyl radical of the formula heterocyclo-substituted alkane-O-CO- wherein heterocyclo has the significance given above.
• heteroaryloxycarbonyl means an acyl radical represented by the formula heteroaryl-0-CO- wherein heteroaryl has the significance given above.
• aminocarbonyl (carboxamide) alone or in combination, means an amino-substituted carbonyl (carbamoyl) group derived from an amine reacted with a carboxylic acid wherein the amino (amido nitrogen) group is unsubstituted (-NH2) or a substituted primary or secondary amino group containing one or two substituents selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl radicals and the like, as recited.
• a hydroxamate is a N-hydroxycarboxamide.
• aminoalkanoyl means an acyl group derived from an amino-substituted alkanecarboxylic acid wherein the amino group can be a primary or secondary amino group containing substituents independently selected from hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkylalkyl radicals and the like.
• halogen means fluoride, chloride, bromide or iodide.
• haloalkyl means an alkyl radical having the significance as defined above wherein one or more hydrogens are replaced with a halogen.
• haloalkyl radicals include chloromethyl, 1-bromoethyl, fluoromethyl, difluoromethyl, trifluoromethyl, 1, 1, 1-trifluoroethyl and the like.
• perfluoroalkyl means an alkyl group wherein each hydrogen has been replaced by a fluorine atom. Examples of such perfluoroalkyl groups, in addition to trifluoromethyl above, are perfluorobutyl, perfluoroisopropyl, perfluorododecyl and perfluorodecyl.
• perfluoroalkoxy alone or in combination, means a perfluoroalkyl ether radical wherein the term perfluoroalkyl is as defined above.
• perfluoroalkoxy groups in addition to trifluoromethoxy (F3C-O-), are perfluorobutoxy, perfluoroisopropoxy, perfluorododecoxy and perfluorodecoxy.
• perfluoroalkylthio alone or in combination, means a perfluoroalkyl thioether radical wherein the term perfluoroalkyl is as defined above.
• perfluoroalkylthio groups in addition to trifluoromethylthio (F3C-S-), are perfluorobutylthio, perfluoroisopropylthio, perfluorododecylthio and perfluorodecylthio.
• aromatic ring in combinations such as substituted-aromatic ring sulfone or substituted-aromatic ring sulfoxide means aryl or heteroaryl as defined before.
• pharmaceutically acceptable is used adjectivally herein to mean that the modified noun is appropriate for use in a pharmaceutical product.
• Pharmaceutically acceptable cations include metallic ions and organic ions. More preferred metallic ions include, but are not limited to appropriate alkali metal (Group la) salts, alkaline earth metal (Group Ila) salts and other physiological acceptable metal ions. Exemplary ions include aluminum, calcium, lithium, magnesium, potassium, sodium and zinc in their usual valences.
• Preferred organic ions include protonated tertiary amines and quaternary ammonium cations, including in part, trimethylamine, diethylamine, N,N'- dibenzylethylenediamine, chloroprocaine, choline, diethanolamine, ethylenediamine, meglumine (N- methylglucamine) and procaine.
• Exemplary pharmaceutically acceptable acids include without limitation hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, methanesulfonic acid, acetic acid, formic acid, tartaric acid, maleic acid, malic acid, citric acid, isocitric acid, succinic acid, lactic acid, gluconic acid, glucuronic acid, pyruvic acid oxalacetic acid, fumaric acid, propionic acid, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, benzoic acid, and the like.
• M utilized in the reaction schemes that follow represents a leaving group such as halogen, phosphate ester or sulfate ester.
• Schemes A through C and Schemes 1 through 19 hereinbelow illustrate chemical processes and transformations that can be useful for the preparation of compounds useful in this invention; i.e. , compounds of formulas I, II, III, IV and V and similar cyclic inhibitors.
• compounds of formula VI and formula VII is illustrated.
• Compounds of formula VI and formula VII can be used as intermediates in the preparation of the compounds of formulas I, II, III, IV and V or pro-drugs or MMP inhibitors.
• the symbol J independently represents R 2 ⁇ or other synthetically useful groups such as amides, acid chlorides, mixed anhydrides and the like.
• the n is 0, 1 or 2 and is preferred to be 1 or 2 in Scheme C.
• the n of these schemes corresponds to g in formulas VI and VII., and is zero, 1 or 2.
• the symbol m is 1 or 2.
• the symbol r is independently 1 , 2 or 3.
• the symbol P represents a protecting group that can also be a member of the group R 6 .
• positional isomers are illustrated with a bond through the ring in standard fashion. Later Schemes typically only show one positional isomer but positional isomers are represented by these structures and reactions in a manner consistent with Formula I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII above.
• the symbol B represents 0, S,
• Scheme C is aryl and heteroaryl.
• the moieties of —A- R-E-Y are as defined before. Reactions illustrated involving a spiroheterocyclic nitrogen atom may not be applicable to those compounds with sulfur or oxygen.
• Sche e A shows in step 1 the reduction of a heteraryl compound to a carboxyl derivative.
• the first product is a hydrogen-containing amine heterocycle when the starting material is aromatic or an R -containing heterocycle when a partially unsaturated heterocycle is the starting material.
• Compound 2 can be treated in several ways depending on the needs of the chemist.
• the nitrogen can be protected by preparing, for example, a carbobenzoxy (Z) or tert-butoxycarbonyl derivative.
• acylations can be carried out by methods well known in the art, especially the art of amino acid and peptide synthesis.
• the process of acylation with activated carboxyl group- or activated sulfonyl group-containing reagents to prepare contemplated compounds is carried out in the same manner.
• Examples of such acylating groups are carbonyl azides, halides, anhydrides, mixed anhydrides, carbodiimide derivatives or other less traditional activated ester groups such as the hydroxybenzotriazole derivative.
• acylations can be run in the presence of base including mild bases such as triethylamine or N-ethylmorpholine if desired.
• base including mild bases such as triethylamine or N-ethylmorpholine if desired.
• the preparation of some activated ester reagents and their use to prepare other compounds useful in this invention is discussed below. It should be recalled that the groups constituting P and serving as a selectively removable protecting group can also be included as part of the group R .
• Step 4 of Scheme A shows the alkylation or acylation of Compound 2 to produce compound 5.
• the process of acylation and alkylation are as discussed herein.
• the group J can be changed if desired.
• An example of such a change is exchange of an ester for a THP-protected hydroxamate conversion of a THP-protected hydroxamate inot a hydroxamate or conversion of an acid into a protected hydroxamate or the like.
• Steps 3 , 7 and 8 show the preparation of sulfur-containing derivatives of the contemplated compounds or intermediates to those compounds.
• the starting material for the above steps e.g., compounds 2, 5 and 6) can be treated with a base to deprotonate the carbon alpha to the carbonyl function.
• This anion can be reacted with a sulfur electrophile to produce a sulfone, sulfoxide or sulfide.
• Such electrophiles can be of the form of, for example, R 24 S-SR 24 , R 24 S02C ⁇ , R 24 SC ⁇ , R 24 SOC ⁇ ,
• Preparation of the anion requires a base and a strong base may be required such as one of the metal amides, hydrides or alkyls discussed herein.
• the solvents are nonprotic, and dipolar aprotic solvents are preferred along with an inert atmosphere. Subsequent schemes usually utilize R ⁇ for the R 24 group for ease of illustration.
• Steps 6, 9, 10 and 12 independently illustrate the interconversion of groups within J.
• interconversions include exchange of an ester for hydroxamic acid or hydroxamic acid derivative, conversion of a carboxylic acid into an activated carbonyl derivative or into a hydroxamic acid or hydroxamic acid derivative(pro-drug or protected derivative), or removal of a protecting group from a hydroxamate derivative.
• the preparation of activated carbonyl compounds their reaction with nucleophiles such as hydroxamic acid, protected hydroxamates or hydroxamic acid pro-drugs is discussed below as is the conversion of protected hydroxamic acid derivatives into hydroxamic acids.
• Scheme B illustrates an alternate method of preparing contemplated compounds .
• the reagent shown above the arrow in Step 1 is a reagent with two active groups in addition to the heteroatoms (B) noted before.
• the particular reagent illustrated was selected to permit a clear illustration of the reaction, but it is also intended to represent reagents that permit the preparation of the heteroatom position, and 5-, 7- and 8-membered ring size compounds. These reagents are readily selected by those skilled in the art.
• Step 1 reagent are independently an electophile or a group convertible into an electrophile.
• groups include halides, sulfonic acid esters, epoxides, thioepoxides, hydroxyl groups, and the like.
• This reagent is reacted with a nucleophilic anion of a sulfur containing carbonyl compound such as compound 1.
• the anion is formed by deprotonation of compound 1 and examples of bases suitable for such a deprotonation are discussed below.
• Treatment with the above electrophilic reagent is carried out under alkylating conditions well known in the art and discussed herein.
• the product of this reaction can be either Compound 2 or Compound 3; i.e., the reaction can be carried out as a pot or two step process as required.
• Step 3 illustrates the interconversion of J groups if desired as discussed above for Scheme A.
• Step 4 uses reagent where C, for example, represents a nucleophile as discussed above and C represents an electrophile or a nucleophile such as hydroxyl, thiol or R 6 -amino. It is noted that C can be, independently, a nucleophile or an electrophile when m. is 2; i.e., the C groups are not required to be the same when m is 2. When m is 2, treatment with a second mole of base provides the skilled chemist an alternative preparation of Compound 5.
• the person skilled in the art can condense Compound 4 with, for example, an aldehyde or ketone, under reductive conditions or with subsequent reduction to form a contemplated compound.
• the compound where ID is 2 can be made in one step (one pot process) or two steps, thus permitting the chemist the choice of having the reagent ( s ) be the same (one pot) or different (two step).
• Scheme B also illustrates the interconversions of the groups within J, the oxidation state of the sulfur and groups on nitrogen; i.e., R 6 groups, to provide the contemplated compounds. These methods and processes are discussed above for the reactions of Scheme A.
• Scheme C illustrates the nucleophilic displacement of a group D as defined herein. This reaction is carried out in a similar manner to the displacement reactions discussed herein.
• the choice of oxidation state of the sulfur is made by the person skilled in the art, but sulfoxide or sulfone groups are preferred, and the sulfone is most preferred.
• the displacement can be carried out either before or after the methylene next to the carbonyl group is reacted to form a spiro heterocyclic group.
• Steps 1, 2 and 3 also illustrate that although the nucleophilic displacement can be carried out with one nucleophile (Nu), the product of this reaction can be modified by methods well known in the art and as shown herein to provide the group -A-R-E-Y as defined hereinbefore.
• D is fluoride.
• the fluoride leaving group can be directly displaced with the anion of 4-trifluoromethylphenol, 4- trifluoromethoxyphenol, 4-trifluoromethylthiophenol and the like to provide a contemplated compound.
• This is a one pot process from Compound 4.
• Other compounds included in -A-R-E-Y can be prepared by displacing the fluoride leaving group with ammonia to provide an amine, which can then be acylated by methods discussed wherein with, for example, 4- trifluoromethylbenzoyl chloride, to form another contemplated product compound.
• R 6 function can be changed and/or further modified in compounds or at steps in the Schemes as desired or required by the person skilled in the art to prepare the contemplated compounds .
• Interconversion of dual purpose functional groups such as short or long term protecting groups into other R 6 groups has been mentioned.
• Many other routine and/or useful conversions, including the preparation of synthetic intermediates, are very well known in the art.
• a few non-limiting examples of such conversions or reactions include: reductions; nucleophilic displacement/substitution reactions; exchange or preparation of carboxylic or sulfonic acids, amides, esters, acid halides, mixed anhydrides and the like; electrophilic displacement/substitution reactions; oxidations; ring/chain conversions, ring opening reactions, condensation reactions , including those involving sulfonyl or carbonyl groups and/or carbon-hydrogen bonds influenced by either or both of those groups.
• the selection of preparative methods or conversion methods of the contemplated compounds and the order of the reaction(s) is made by the skilled person. It is expected that should a particular sequence or method prove to be undesirable that an alternative will be selected and used.
• the choice of preparing/adding the groups in a single step using a convergent inhibitor strategy or preparing the final R 6 group following a stepwise strategy is well known to those skilled in the art. Usually, no single set of conditions is limiting because variations can be applied as required. Conditions are also selected as desired to suit a specific purpose such as small scale preparations or large scale preparations. In either case, the use of less safe or less environmentally sound materials or reagents is usually be minimized. Examples of such materials are diazomethane, diethyl ether, heavy metal salts, dimethyl sulfide, chloroform, benzene and the like.
• reactions can be carried out under a dry inert atmosphere such a nitrogen or argon if desired.
• Selected reactions known to those skilled in the art can be carried out under a dry atmosphere such as dry air whereas other synthetic steps, for example, aqueous acid or base ester or amide hydrolysis, can be carried out under laboratory air.
• some processes of these syntheses can be carried out in a pressure apparatus at pressures above, equal to or below atmospheric pressure. The use of such an apparatus aids in the control of gaseous reagents such as hydrogen, ammonia, trimethylamine, methylamine, oxygen and the like, and can also help prevent the leakage of air or humidity into a reaction in progress.
• reactions are usually carried out at a temperature of between -25°C to solvent reflux under an inert atmosphere such as nitrogen or argon.
• the solvent or solvent mixture can vary widely depending upon reagents and other conditions and can include polar or dipolar aprotic solvents as listed or mixtures of these solvents. Reactions can be carried out at lower temperatures such as dry ice/acetone or liquid nitrogen temperature if desired to carry out such reactions as metalations or anion formations using strong bases.
• amines such as triethylamine, pyridine or other non-reactive bases can serve as reagents and/or solvents and/or co- solvents.
• protecting groups can be used to maintain or retain groups in other parts of a molecule(s) at locations that is (are) not desired reactive centers. Examples of such groups that the skilled person can maintain or retain include, amines, other hydroxyls, thiols, acids and the like.
• Such protecting groups can include acyl groups, arylalkyl groups, carbamoyl groups, ethers, alkoxyalkyl ethers, cycloalkyloxy ethers, arylalkyl groups, silyl groups including trisubstituted silyl groups, ester groups and the like.
• Examples of such protecting groups include acetyl, trifluoroacetyl, tetrahydropyran (THP), benzyl, tert-butoxy carbonyl (BOC or TBOC) , benzyloxycarbonyl (Z or CBZ ) , tert- butyldimethylsilyl (TBDMS) or methoxyethoxymethylene (MEM) groups.
• THP tetrahydropyran
• BOC or TBOC benzyloxycarbonyl
• TDMS tert- butyldimethylsilyl
• MEM methoxyethoxymethylene
• Bases that can be used include, for example, metal hydroxides such as sodium, potassium, lithium, cesium or magnesium hydroxide, oxides such as those of sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium or magnesium, metal carbonates such as those of sodium, potassium, lithium, cesium, calcium or magnesium, metal bicarbonates such as sodium bicarbonate or potassium bicarbonate, primary (1°), secondary (II 0 ) or tertiary (III 0 ) organic amines such as alkyl amines, arylalkyl amines, alkylarylalkyl amines, heterocyclic amines or heteroaryl amines, ammonium hydroxides or quaternary ammonium hydroxides.
• metal hydroxides such as sodium, potassium, lithium, cesium or magnesium hydroxide
• oxides such as those of sodium, potassium, lithium, calcium or magnesium
• metal carbonates such as those of sodium, potassium, lithium, cesium, calcium or magnesium
• metal bicarbonates such as sodium bicarbonate or potassium bicarbonate, primary (1°),
• such amines can include triethylamine, trimethylamine, diisopropylamine, methyldiisopropylamine, diazabicyclononane, tribenzylamine, dimethylbenzylamine, morpholine, N-methylmorpholine, N,N'-dimethylpiperazine, N-ethylpiperidine, 1,1,5,5- tetramethylpiperidine, dimethylaminopyridine, pyridine, quinoline, tetramethylethylenediamine, and the like.
• Non-limiting examples of ammonium hydroxides can include ammonium hydroxide, triethylammonium hydroxide, trimethylammonium hydroxide, methyldiiospropylammonium hydroxide, tribenzylammonium hydroxide, dimethylbenzylammonium hydroxide, morpholinium hydroxide, N- methylmorpholinium hydroxide, N,N'- dimethylpiperazinium hydroxide, N-ethylpiperidinium hydroxide, and the like.
• quaternary ammonium hydroxides can include tetraethylammonium hydroxide, tetramethylammonium hydroxide, dimethyldiiospropyl-ammonium hydroxide, benzylmethyldiisopropylammonium hydroxide, methyldiazabicyclononylammonium hydroxide, methyltribenzylammonium hydroxide, N,N-dimethyl- morpholiniumhydroxide, N,N,N ' ,N ' - tetramethylpiperazinium hydroxide, and N-ethyl-N 1 - hexylpiperidinium hydroxide and the like.
• Metal hydrides, amides or alcoholates such as calcium hydride, sodium hydride, potassium hydride, lithium hydride, aluminum hydride, diisobutylaluminum hydride (DIBAL) sodium methoxide, potassium tert-butoxide, calcium ethoxide, magnesium ethoxide, sodium amide-, potassium diisopropyl amide and the like can also be suitable reagents .
• DIBAL diisobutylaluminum hydride
• Organometallic deprotonating agents such as alkyl or aryl lithium reagents such as methyl lithium, phenyl lithium, tert-butyl lithium, lithium acetylide or butyl lithium, Grignard reagents such as methylmagnesium bromide or methymagnesium chloride, organocadmium reagents such as dimethylcadmium and the like can also serve as bases for causing salt formation or catalyzing the reaction. Quaternary ammonium hydroxides or mixed salts are also useful for aiding phase transfer couplings or serving as phase transfer reagents. Pharmaceutically acceptable bases can be reacted with acids to form contemplated pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
• reaction media can comprise a single solvent, mixed solvents of the same or different classes or serve as a reagent in a single or mixed solvent system.
• the solvents can be protic, non-protic or dipolar aprotic.
• protic solvents include water, methanol (MeOH), denatured or pure 95% or absolute ethanol, isopropanol and the like.
• Typical non-protic solvents include acetone, tetrahydrofuran (THF), dioxane, diethyl ether, tert-butylmethyl ether (TBME), aromatics such as xylene, toluene, or benzene, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, butyl acetate, trichloroethane, methylene chloride, ethylenedichloride (EDC), hexane, heptane, isooctane, cyclohexane and the like.
• THF tetrahydrofuran
• TBME tert-butylmethyl ether
• aromatics such as xylene, toluene, or benzene, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, butyl acetate, trichloroethane, methylene chloride, ethylenedichloride (EDC), hexane,
• Dipolar aprotic solvents include compounds such as dimethylformamide (DMF), dimethylacetamide (DMAc), acetonitrile, DMSO, hexamethylphosphorus triamide (HMPA), nitromethane, tetramethylurea, N-methylpyrrolidone and the like.
• Non-limiting examples of reagents that can be used as solvents or as part of a mixed solvent system include organic or inorganic mono- or multi-protic acids or bases such as hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, acetic acid, formic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, triethylamine, morpholine, N- methylmorpholine, piperidine, pyrazine, piperazine, pyridine, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, alcohols or amines for making esters or amides or thiols for making contemplated products and the like.
• organic or inorganic mono- or multi-protic acids or bases such as hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, acetic acid, formic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, triethylamine, morpholine, N- methylmorpholine, piperidine, pyrazine, piperazine, pyridine, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide,
• the preparation of compounds contemplated herein can require the oxidation of nitrogen or sulfur to N-oxide derivatives or sulfoxides or sulfones.
• Reagents for this process can include, in a non-limiting example, peroxymonosulfate (OXONE®), hydrogen peroxide, meta-chloroperbenzoic acid, perbenzoic acid, peracetic acid, perlactic acid, tert-butyl peroxide, tert-butyl hypochlorite, sodium hydpochlorite, hypochlorous acid, sodium meta- periodate, periodic acid and the like with the weaker agents being most useful for the preparation of sulfones and sulfoxides.
• Protic, non-protic, dipolar aprotic solvents, either pure or mixed, can be chosen, for example, methanol/water.
• the oxidation can be carried out at temperature of about -78° to about 50° degrees Centigrade, and normally selected from a range -10°C to about 40°C.
• Sulfoxides are best prepared using one equivalent of oxidizing agent. It can be desirable in the case of more active oxidizing agents, but not required, that the reactions be carried out under an inert gas atmosphere with or without degassed solvents. It should be noted that the oxidation of sulfides to sulfones can be carried out in one step or two steps via the sulfoxide as desired by the chemist.
• Reduction is a well known process in the art with a useful method being hydrogenation.
• a metal catalyst such as Rh, Pd, Pt, Ni or the like ith or without an additional support such as carbon, barium carbonate and the like.
• Solvents can be protic or non-protic pure solvents or mixed solvents as required.
• the reductions can be carried out at atmospheric pressure to a pressure of multiple atmospheres with atmospheric pressure to about 40 pounds per square inch (psi) preferred or very high pressures in special hydrogenation equipment well known in the art.
• Reductive alkylation of amines or active methylene compounds is also a useful method of preparing compounds .
• Such alkylations can be carried out under reductive hydrogenation conditions as presented above using, for example, aldehydes or ketones.
• Hydride transfer reagents such as sodium cyanoborohydride, aluminum hydride, lithium aluminumhydride, borane, sodium borohydride, di- isobutylaluminum hydride and the like are also useful as reagents for reductive alkylation.
• Acyl groups can be reduced in a similar manner to produce substituted amines .
• Alternative methods of alkylating carbon or nitrogen are direct alkylation.
• Such an alkylation can be carried by treatment of an activated carbon containing at least one hydrogen with base to form the corresponding anion, adding an electrophilic reagent and permitting the SN2 reaction to proceed.
• An amine to be alkylated is treated similarly except that deprotonation may not be required.
• Electrophiles include halogen derivatives, sulfonate esters, epoxides and the like.
• Bases and solvents for alkylation reactions are those discussed above. Preferred are bases that are hindered such that competition with the electrophile is minimized. Additional preferred bases are metal hydrides, amide anions or organometallic bases such as n-butyl lithium. The soLvents, solvent mixtures or solvent/reagent mixtures discussed are satisfactory but non-protic or dipolar aprotic solvents such as acetone, acetonitrile, DMF and the like are examples of preferred classes.
• Acids are used in many reactions during various syntheses. For example, removal of the THP protecting group to produce the hydroxamic acid.
• the acid can be a mono-, di- or tri-protic organic or inorganic acid.
• acids include hydrochloric acid, phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, acetic acid, formic acid, citric acid, succinic acid, hydrobromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, carbonic acid, phosphorus acid, p-toluene sulfonic acid, trifluoromethane sulfonic acid, trifluoroacetic acid, difluoroacetic acid, benzoic acid, methane sulfonic acid, benzene sulfonic acid, 2, 6-dimethylbenzene sulfonic acid, trichloroacetic acid, nitrobenzoic acid, dinitrobenzoic acid, trinitrobenzoic acid, and the like.
• They can also be Lewis acids such as aluminum chloride, borontrifluoride, antimony pentafluoride and the like. Acids in a protic can also be used to hydrolyze esters, amides and the like as well as catalyze exchange reactions.
• Conversion of a carboxylic acid protected as an ester or amide into a hydroxamic acid or hydroxamic acid derivative such as an O- arylalkylether or O-cycloalkoxyalkylether group is useful.
• hydroxylamine treatment of an ester or amide with one or more equivalents of hydroxylamine hydrochloride at room temperature or above in a solvent or solvents, usually protic or partially protic, such as those listed above can provide a hydroxamic acid directly. This exchange process can be further catalyzed by the addition of additional acid.
• a base such as a salt of an alcohol used as a solvent, for example, sodium methoxide in methanol
• a base such as a salt of an alcohol used as a solvent, for example, sodium methoxide in methanol
• exchange can be carried out with a protected hydroxyl amine such as tetrahydropyranylhydroxyamine (THPONH2 ) , benzylhydroxylamine (BnONH2), and the like in which case compounds such as shown in Schemes A, B and C that are tetrahydropyranyl (THP) or benzyl (Bn) hydroxamic acid derivatives are the products.
• THPONH2 tetrahydropyranylhydroxyamine
• BnONH2 benzylhydroxylamine
• Removal of the protecting groups when desired, for example, following further transformations in another part of the molecule or following storage, is accomplished by standard methods well known in the art such as acid hydrolysis of the THP grqup as discussed above or reductive removal of the benzyl group with hydrogen and a metal catalyst such as palladium, platinum, palladium on carbon or nickel.
• R 2 ⁇ is hydroxyl; i.e., where the intermediate is a carboxylic acid
• standard coupling reactions can be used.
• the acid can be converted into an acid chloride, mixed anhydride or activated ester such as hydroxybenzotriazole and treated with hydroxylamine or a protected hydroxylamine in the presence of a non-competitive base to the nitrogen acylated compound.
• This is the same product as discussed above.
• Couplings of this nature are well known in the art and especially the art related to peptide and amino acid chemistry.
• An amide of this invention is prepared by treatment of an acid halide, anhydride, mixed anhydride or active ester with a primary amine, secondary amine or ammonia, or their equivalent.
• amides can be prepared from hydroxamic acids or protected hydroxamic acid compounds by catalytic reductions or in vivo or in vitro enzymatic processes. For example, catalytic reduction of O-benzylhydroxamic acid compounds is known to produce varying ratios of amide and hydroxamic acid depending upon the catalyst used as well as other reaction conditions such as solvent, temperature, hydrogen gas pressure and the like.
• Compounds contemplated herein can possess one or more asymmetric carbon atoms and are thus capable of existing in the form of optical isomers, enantiomers, diastereoisomers, as well as in the form of racemic or nonracemic mixtures.
• a compound can also exist in other isomeric forms such as ortho, i ⁇ eta and para isomers, cis and trans isomers, syn and anti isomers, E and Z isomers, tautomeric isomers, alpha and beta isomers, axial and equatorial isomers and isomers due to hindered rotation.
• An isomer can exist in equilibrium with another isomer in a mammal or a test system.
• Such a compound can also exist as an isomeric equilibrium system with a solvent or water, for example, as a hydrated ketone or aldehyde, as is well known in the art. All isomers are included as compounds of this invention.
• Table 1 through Table 165 show several contemplated aromatic sulfone hydroxamic acid inhibitor compounds or structural formulas that illustrate substituent groups.
• Each group of compounds is illustrated by a generic formula, or formulae, followed by a series of preferred moieties or groups that constitute various substituents that can be attached at the position clearly shown in the generic structure.
• the substituent symbols, e.g., Rl and R2 and R3, are as shown in each Table, and are typically not those used before.
• One or two bonds are shown with those substituents to indicate the respective positions of attachment in the illustrated compound.
• This system is well known in the chemical communication arts and is widely used in scientific papers and presentations.
• Rl and R2 together with the atoms to which they are bonded is the variable group with the structural entities that can substitute for Rl and R2 together shown in the balance of that table.

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